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Friday, March 16, 2018

It is an unfortunate fact that domestic violence (DV) cases can often be linked to animal abuse cases.

If in fact you have a DV or some type of restraining order, or a protective order, it is often possible to include animals in the request. Also, a person being accused of having abused an animal, or if he/she is already charged criminally with abuse (against person or animal) then this should be known to the attorney handling your case. Attorney has worked with many animal cases, and is familiar with the regulations that may apply.

Attorney herein is more than well versed on both DV cases, and animal cases, whether it involves being the victim or the assailant. Having done both plaintiff and defense work, attorney can better understand the defense or plaintiff's factual basis and exact details which will lead to a better result for the client. We can never guarantee results, but attorney has had plenty of cases with good outcomes, especially difficult cases. Some cases we already know simply cannot be won, but other things can be changed to better the result.

So if you have a difficult case, you might consider calling attorney today. There is no charge for phone consultation in most cases, and you will find that attorney is very down to earth and definitely not like most attorneys.

Thursday, March 15, 2018

I spent five years embroiled in a highly contentious divorce in which I lost everything. As well, I was attacked by my ex-husband during that divorce, leaving me disabled and unable to work. My attorney did nothing to address this violence and in fact colluded with the other parties counsel. Judicial misconduct also took place in this case.

Obviously, this has left me in a difficult situation both legally and financially. I've spent the better part of a year searching for legal help with no luck whatsoever......... until I called Ms. Chan. Although she is not able to take my case, do to the county where it took place, she actually talked with me.

Not only did she speak with me for more than a few minutes sharing useful information with me, she did so pleasantly, willingly and for no charge. If that wasn't already more than kind and generous, she phoned me a week later giving me the address of a website that has proved extremely helpful.

Ms. Chan's moral principles and ethics are admirable, refreshing, and deserving of respect! Additionally, I read about Ms. Chan's advocacy for animals in her bio and in my opinion, that earns her extra points as a responsible attorney and a fine human being

Attorney posts this above---because:

(a) it is true
(b) things like this situation are more common than people realize
(c) Lassen County is definitely corrupt

(d) attorney herein has experience in family law, civil cases, criminal defense, bankruptcy, animal law, and probably a little more.....and even if attorney does not know the answer (which happens all the time)-- attorney is always willing to try and find out the answer....
(e) attorney believes that all clients appreciate it when attorney treats them like people, just normal everyday people, with common courtesy

(f) attorney believes that many clients are not treated very well by many attorneys generally
(g) attorney believes that law school does not prepare attorneys to handle people at all, and that many attorneys simply believe they are too high on the chain, and must talk down to people
(h) attorney doesn't believe that winning is everything in all cases, but for many of the cases, it is crucial.

Last but not least, attorney has been involved in animal law cases and related issues, and has what would be considered a very high degree of knowledge in animal law issues, including breed specific legislation, dangerous dogs, personal injuries involving dogs/animals, negligence involving animals, animal control/animals, seizures, illegal seizures, humane society groups, fraud by alleged "humane" non profits [good,bad,sued or fake], lawsuits involving animal control/animals/owners, replevin or writ of possession, abandonment/fines, rescue animals/groups [bona fide/not] issues of rational basis/health/welfare/safety, improper application of the BCS method used to convict owners, constitutional law published cases on First Amendment involving animals; issues involving service animals, therapy and emotional assist animals, vet negligence, animal abuse (or claimed abuse), penalties for alleged abuse or convictions, and more.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The real question is, would you want to hire an attorney to lose your case?

Most people love to say that "family law" means there are no winners. Well, maybe the people saying that, don't win any cases, or feel that families all lose everything, or something different. Because there is no pat set of facts that create winning, it's obvious that if someone needs child support and gets the order, it's a win because they got what they requested? If they got nothing, they certainly can't say they won in our opinion.

Look at this, which we saw online: ..."clients will want to find in an attorney, someone who is competent, communicative and diligent versus seeking out a win loss record..a win loss record is rarely a good measure in divorce and family law...."
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For some attorneys, maybe claiming a win loss record may not be a good measure of anything, but after many years of doing these cases, attorney herein believes that if a client desires an outcome, and attorney gets that outcome, that is a win for the client.

If the attorney just wants to settle a case, that is an outcome, possibly it could be acceptable to both sides if each had to give up something, then it's a compromise. Whether a compromise is a loss or win is usually up to the circumstances-- if a client had to really lose a lot in order to get the compromise, but overall in the long run it would be helpful down the road, that might be sort of a win over the long haul.

But telling people that a win loss record is not a good measure of a family law attorney is not necessarily correct, since any family law attorney that consistently loses cases is likely not doing something correctly. Family law is much more difficult than it appears, and the emotional aspects alone make most attorneys run, run, run--away!! The high emotional toll on the parties and even the attorneys means that certain attorneys could never, and would never, never, ever want to be in family law. It is a fact that it was due to family law related cases, where the emotions tend to run higher than even in criminal cases-- that California started using weapon scanning to enter courthouses. we know of several family law attorneys that were shot by the losing spouses in family law cases?

If clients want to win their case, it should at least be for the right reasons. Calling the right reasons is half the battle, yet some attorneys simply churn out the work to get paid, which is their reason, not necessarily the client's ....that's a huge difference. So attorney herein has no problems in stating that attorney is hired to win whatever the client wants, as long as attorney believes that under the law, that outcome is suitable.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Please bear with us---before we get to the published case from Sacramento, which was not our case, but shows what we often talk about, thank you...................

WOO HOO!! Just won another DV in an unusual case (not in Butte County) where the female had two pets in her custody and got sued for having them by the ex live in--who lives at other end of the USA...
We helped her file the DV as she had prior DV case in another state, and asked that pets be under the protection order. Despite our doubts, the Court awarded her the order for 5 years (not 3) and she thus has DV protection as to the pets. Meanwhile, the ex is actually suing to gain something out of the pets, there is nothing to gain actually. And even though he hired an "animal law attorney" from another state, all we can say is, good luck on that one. They might as well have flushed that case down the toilet. (Attorney herein does animal law and for longer than most attorneys that know animal law...)
Second DV case-- just settled another DV case!! It does happen from time to time!!! [If we did not settle we would have won the case anyway...facts were in our favor....]

....[D]uring a child custody hearing a year later in June 2012, Judge Kevin Culhane
found that Riley still failed to comprehend the nature and gravity of his conduct.5
According to Judge Culhane, Riley involved a number of third parties, including his
family members, in private parenting issues. The court found that Riley was the source
of threatening e-mails Rybolt received from Riley’s sister and that his family members
had followed her and copied private parenting documents. “Such controlling and
intrusive conduct,” in the court’s view, “[wa]s fundamentally inconsistent with any
finding that the [Family Code section 3044]6 presumption ha[d] been rebutted.”

(the photo above is not the victim, this is photoshop)

[J]udge Culhane further found that, “[m]ost fundamentally the evidence
demonstrates an ongoing course of conduct whereby father attempts to blame multiple
third parties, includ[ing] mother, mother[’]s boyfriend, other parties, the co-parent
counselor, the former lawyer, mediator, and others for the continuance of father[’]s own
activities.” Riley had also “drawn the child into these disputes on a number of
occasions.”

This case is indicative that the courts are not wavering on protecting domestic violence victims. It is in the DV victim's best interest to obtain a litigator that can best protect those rights. If you need help, call today. Waiting can ruin your case as has been seen in the past for those who do not listen to good advice.

California victims of domestic cyber abuse will now be able to get restraining orders against out-of-state abusers. The new published appellate opinion is binding statewide legal precedent that can be cited in any CA trial court case where the abuse survivor wants to obtain a restraining order against someone who committed an act of domestic abuse from another state, (i.e. cyber harassment or electronic abuse) as long as the survivor was in California at the time of abuse.

The universal pervasiveness of social media has made it exponentially easier for ex partners to commit domestic abuse, cyber harassment, and other forms of online predatory behavior across state lines. This new ruling in effect extends the intention of California’s Domestic Violence Prevention Act to include modern electronic communications from out-of-state parties.

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